Water-motor.



G. OLSON.

WATER MOTOR.

APPLICATION TILED JUNE 3, 1912.

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CHARLES OLSON, 0F ENCAMPMENT, WYOMING.

- WATER-MOTOR.

Application filed June 8, 1912.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, CHARLES OLsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Encampment, in the county of Carbon and State of Wyoming,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water- Motors, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to water motors and has for its object to providea device of this character embodying a power wheel provided with bucketsupon its periphery to receive the impact of a strong current of water,whereby rotation is transmitted to the power shaft upon which the wheelis mounted.

Another and more specific object of the invention is to provide a casinghaving upper and lower compartments, a wheel mounted in each of saidcompartments, an endless belt connecting the wheel shafts, the wheel inone of said compartments being provided with buckets upon its peripheryso arranged as to direct the water striking said buckets into thecompartment, and a nozzle mounted in the partition wall separating thecompartments adapted to discharge the water therefrom upon the bucketsof the other wheel.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a deviceof the above character which is of simple, inexpensive and durableconstruction and from which a maximum of power may be derived.

With the above and other objects in view as will become apparent as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions,combinations and arrangements of the parts that I shall hereinafterfully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is aside elevation of a water motor embodying the present invention; Fig. 2is a section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a sectiontaken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and desig- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 4, 1913. Serial No. 702,601.

' nated in the accompanying drawing by like reference characters.

Referring in detail to the drawing 5 designates a casing preferably ofrectangular form in cross section which is provided with a centralhorizontal division wall 6 formlng the upper and lower compartments 7and 8, respectively. A shaft 9 is rotatably mounted in suitable bearingsprovided upon opposite walls of the lower compartment 8 of the casing.Upon one end of this shaft which projects eXt-eriorly of the compartmenta pulley or belt wheel 10 is secured. A water wheel 11 is fiXed uponsaid shaft adjacent to its other end within the casing compartment 8.This wheel is provided upon its periphery with a plurality of spacedbuckets 12. A water wheel 13 is also mounted upon a shaft 14 which isjournaled in a suitable bearing provided in one of the side walls of theupper compartment 7 of the casing. jacent to the opposite side wall ofthe easing'with respect to the lower wheel 11. This side of the casingadjacent to which the wheel 13 is mounted is open so as to permit afalling stream of water to enter the same and strike upon the buckets 15which are fixed upon the periphery of the wheel 18. It will be observedfrom reference to Fig. 2 that these latter buckets are obliquelyinclined across the peripheral face of the wheelso that the waterstriking upon the buckets will be directed inwardly by the same into theupper compartment or chamber 7 of the casing.

In the partition wall 6 of the casing adjacent to the lower water wheel11 one end of a pipe 16 is arranged and is adapted to receive the waterwhich is directed into the upper compartment 7 by the buckets upon thewheel 13. This pipe extends downwardly into the lower compartment 8 andgradually tapers, the smaller end thereof being bent or curved toprovide an ejecting nozzle 18. The end of this nozzle is disposedclosely adjacent to the buckets upon the lower water wheel 11 anddischarges a stream of water under considerable pressure upon saidbuckets whereby said wheel is rotated and power transmitted to the shaft9. The pipe 16 is further provided with This wheel is disposed ad,

- ing a branch discharge nozzle 17, and it will be observed fromreference to Fig. 1 that this nozzle is disposed above the plane of theshaft 9 while the nozzle 18 has its open end disposed below said shaft.Thus a maximum of pressure upon the wheel buckets by the discharge ofthe water from said pipe into the lower compartment of the casing may beobtained. Upon the shaft 1 1 of the upper water wheel 13 a band wheel orpulley 19 is fixed and is connected by means of the endless belt 20 withthe wheel 10 on the shaft 9. Thus an initial momentum will be impartedto the lower water wheel 11 as soon. as the upper wheel 13' is rotatedby the impact of the falling water against the buckets of said wheel.

' Mfy improved water motor may be used in two different ways. The samemay be placed at the base of a water fall, the easing being supportedand mounted in any preferred manner, so that the falling stream of waterwill engage the buckets of the upper wheel 13 and cause the same torotate. As before stated, this water is directed into the uppercompartment and is discharged by the nozzles 17 and 18 upon the bucketsof the lower water wheel 11, thereby caussaidlower wheel to revolve at ahigh speed. A band wheel 21 is fixed upon the lower shaft 9 and istraversed by a power belt 22, for the operation of a churn, millingmachinery, or similar mechanisms. If a water fall having the desiredpressure for the operation of the motor is not available, the casing maybe arranged in an irrigation ditch. In this latter use of the invention,the upper water wheel 13 is not of service. The top of the casing isremoved, and by damming the ditch, the water will flow over the top ofsaid casing and into the upper compartment 7 of the casing from which itis discharged through the nozzles 17 and 18 upon the buckets of thelower Wheel 11 in the manner above described.

From the foregoing it is believed that the construction and manner ofoperation of my improved water motor will be clearly un derstood.

The device is simple in construction, ethcient and durable in operation,and may be manufactured at comparatively small cost.

While I have shown and described the preferred construction andarrangement of the various parts, it will be understood that theinvention is susceptible of considerable modification without departingfrom the essential features or sacrificing any of the advantagesthereof.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. In a water motor, the combination of spaced water wheels eachprovided upon its periphery with a plurality of spaced buckets, thebuckets upon one wheel being obliquely inclined across the peripheralface thereof to direct the water striking said buckets to one side ofthe wheel, means to receive the water discharged by the buckets of saidlatter wheel and direct the same upon the buckets of the other wheel,and a driving connection between the wheel. shafts.

2. In a water motor, the combination of a casing having upper and lowercompartments, a water wheel mounted in the upper compartment, a secondwheel mounted in the lower compartment, each of said wheels beingprovided upon its periphery with a plurality of spaced buckets, thebuckets on the upper wheel being obliquely inclined across the face ofthe wheel and adapted to discharge water into said compartment, anejecting nozzle toreceive the water from the upper compartment anddischarge the same upon the buckets of the lower wheel, and a drivingconnection between the Wheel shafts.

3. In a water motor, the combination with a casing open upon one sideand having upper and lower compartments, of a water wheel mounted in theupper compartment adjacent to the open side of said casing, said wheelhaving a plurality of buckets arranged upon its periphery obliquelydisposed across the face thereof to direct the water into the uppercompartment, a water wheel mounted in the lower compartment adjacent theopposite closed side of the casing, said latter wheel being alsoprovided with a plurality of buckets upon its periphery, and an ejectingnozzle mounted in the partition wall to receive the water from the uppercompartment and discharge the same upon the buckets of the lower waterwheel, and a flexible driving connection between the shafts of saidwheels.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

CHARLES OLSON.

Witnesses AUGUSTUS F..APPEL, R. A. SWABns.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

